Bobby Vinton – The Early Years 1958-62 – 2CD

Bobby Vinton, born of Polish descent in Pennsylvania in 1935, was an unusual artist, in that he was talented multi-instrumentalist who led his own orchestra from the age of 16.
Inspired to make records after hearing Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel, he formed his own label in order to fulfil his ambition. In the end, he scored his first hit by doing his own promotion of a record that Epic had rejected, Roses Are Red, which became a No.1.
This 52-track set includes the A- and B-sides of his singles on the Bobby, Melody, Alpine, Epic and Diamond labels from these years, plus selected titles from his albums Dancing At The Hop, Bobby Vinton Plays for His Li'l Darlin’s, Roses Are Red, and Bobby Vinton Sings The Big Ones.
Included is his US No.1 and UK Top 20 hit Roses Are Red and his other hits from this era like Rain Rain Go Away, Let's Kiss And Make Up, Trouble Is My Middle Name and I Love You The Way You Are.
He went on to have further success in later years, but this collection presents his work during the formative years which underlined the breadth of his talent, not only as a teen-idol, but as a highly and enterprising professional bandleader.

CD1:
Bobby Vinton: 1. Twilight Time -   Bobby Vinton & His Orchestra: 2. Hallelujah -   3. Harlem Nocturne -   4. Always In My Heart -   Bobby Vinton: 5. You'll Never Forget -   6. First Impression -   7. A Freshman And A Sophomore -   8. The Sheik -   9. Posin' -   Bobby Vinton & His Orchestra: 10. Tornado -   Bobby Vinton: 11. Little Lonely One -   Bobby Vinton & His Orchestra: 12. Corrine Corrina -   Bobby Vinton: 13. Well I Ask Ya -   14. Hip-Swinging, High-Stepping, Drum Majorette -   15. Roses Are Red (My Love) -   16. You And I -   17. Rain Rain Go Away -   18. Over And Over -   19. Trouble Is My Middle Name -   20. Let's Kiss And Make Up -   21. I Love You The Way You Are -   Bobby Vinton & His Orchestra: 22. Sentimental Journey -   23. Don't Take Your Love From Me -   24. You Are My Sunshine -   25. Caravan -   26. Stella By Starlight -

CD2:
Bobby Vinton & His Orchestra: 1. In A Shanty In An Old Shanty Town -   Bobby Vinton: 2. My Girl Josephine -   3. Venus -   4. Georgia on My Mind -   5. Sentimental Me -   6. I Fall To Pieces -   7. Mr. Lonely -   8. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? -   9. I Can't Stop Loving You -   10. I Can't Help It -   11. True Love -   12. Always In My Heart -   13. Crying -   14. If I Give My Heart To You -   15. Please Help Me, I'm Falling -   16. I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You -   17. Ramblin' Rose -   18. The Twelfth Of Never -   19. I Love You The The Way You Are -   20. Because Of You -   21. Be My Love -   22. My Heart Cries For You -   23. I Remember You -   24. You Were Only Fooling -   25. He'll Have To Go -   26. Autumn Leaves -